Chapter 5

It was decided that the wedding would take place the next day. This chapter will start from the night before the wedding and so on….

(Regina's Room)

Regina couldn't sleep, this was her last night at her own house, in her own room, with her family before she will be getting married to a man she only met few days ago and already leaving everything behind to entrust her future to this man. She was hoping that her wedding would be postponed when Robin mentioned to leave for work in short time but as always her mother was always there to crush her hopes and dreams. Sigh!

"Come to think of it maybe just maybe I will be able to find my happiness with Robin since he seems to show enough care for me as of right now." She thought happily.

Regina started to think of all the things she and Robin would do once they are married, 'maybe if I keep my mind positive things will turn out just fine for me…KNOCK! KNOCK! The sudden knocking got Regina out of her thoughts and scared her a little so she quickly got out of the bed and went to open the door for who ever was out there.

Once she opened the door she saw that it was her sister then she fully opened her door to let Zelena into her room. She closed the door and turned around to find her sister sitting on her bed so she decided to go sit beside her sister.

"So was there something you wanted to talk about that you decided to interrupt me in the middle of the night?" asked Regina feeling confused.

"I see that sleep hasn't come to you" stated Zelena then continued, "I would be in the same situation if I was to get married to such a handsome and wealthy man, you must be feeling so lucky right little sis!" Zelena sneered with hate and anger towards her sister.

Regina couldn't believe what her sister was thinking….. "do you have any idea how I am feeling, I feel devastated because once again rest of my life is decided for me by mother. Just when I started to think positive about this situation, you come in here and ruin everything like always sister…" Regina couldn't take it anymore she fell into to the bed and started crying then she heard the slam of the door indicating her sister has left her to cry…..!

The next morning Regina found her self in the same position on the bed when she was crying. She made herself get up and get ready for the biggest day of her life. She made up her mind that she will not try to think anything negative about this situation. She knew it was her only option that dreaming or hoping would not get her out of this. She went to her bathroom to get ready for what was coming.

As for everyone else, Cora got everyone to work on the wedding. Even though she wished for it to be much more grand she knew time was limited for all the things she wished for. She got people to get the house decorated and the church to be ready for her daughters wedding. She didn't have many people attend the wedding since it was on such a short notice and again there was not much time. She was so caught up that she forgot to check upon her daughter this morning so she went looking for Regina.

As she got to Regina's room, she knocked on the door twice but got no response this made her panic so she just tried to see if the door was unlocked fortunately it was so she invited herself in. She called out to her daughter "Regina dear are you in here?" no response but as she got closer to the bathroom she heard noises of someone crying. "Regina dear, is that you my darling? Why are you crying, Regina?" she asked through the closed door. When she got no response she started to get angry. "Regina, come out of the bathroom this instant or else?" That tone got the poor girls' attention that was crying inside the bathroom. So she decided to get up and come out to confront her mother. When she was out she noticed that her mother was glaring at her with anger eyes so she decided to sit herself on the bed away from her mothers piercing eyes.

"I know why you are upset but try to understand my sweet daughter that I am doing this for your own good, you will be happy with Robin and the life he will be providing for you, so don't cry anymore everything will be alright you have to trust me because I am a mother and I know what's' best for my children" she explained her thoughts with hope that her daughter will stop being so dramatic.

Regina never understood why her mother thought she knew whatever she has done for daughters was best for them when all it did was made their like more miserable. "Really mother, you believe that marrying Zelena to Mr. Gold for business purposes of your own selfishness was good for her and now getting me married for your own expectations is going to be good for me. How can you call yourself a mother when you can't even stand to see your own children happy and satisfied with their life! The reason I cry is because you have become so heartless, cruel, and so not motherly. But you know what mother me and Zelena still love you and see you as our mother but I know for sure that you don't care how we feel at ALL" cried out Regina with tears running down her cheeks and anger in her red eyes.

"Please mother, listen to me this once, I don't want to get married without falling in love first and I want to marry the man of my choice. I beg you mother please stop this madness," Regina pleaded to her mother to understand. But all Cora did was laugh hysterically at Regina, "Let me tell you a secret my dear, there is no such thing as love now days. I demand that you get rid of these nonsense such as love and listen to me carefully: you will marry Robin whether you like it or not and if you don't then you can see yourself out of this family with nothing in your possession" threatened Cora. That's when Cora saw what she wanted to see, her daughter with fear in her eyes. Cora knew now her daughter won't be able to say no to this wedding, her plan worked. "Now that we have talked, I will be sending the wedding dress to your room, make sure to dress yourself properly and get yourself on time at the church" explained Cora with a satisfying smile on her face.

The next thing Regina heard was a door shut letting her know that her mother has left her to her fate. Now the only thing left her to do was get ready to be someone's wife where there was no love and trust built.